The owners of Ponderosa Cafe in the area posted on Facebook: "Conditions very bad up here road covered neither gritter or plough have been out! Please if you are coming take care conditions are awful!"

As the snow covered the high grounds of Wales, ferocious gales and high waves bettered sea defences in Aberystwyth.

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Strong Gales whipped up massive sea waves on the coast

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A huge wave crashes on against Cardigan Bay on the Welsh coast

According to the Met Office, showery outbreaks of rain will linger until the late afternoon, and coastal gales are likely in the south.

Temperatures are expected to reach a maximum of eight degrees Celsius today.